About
Purlie is a musical based on Ossie Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious. In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Purlie comes home as a preacher who will shake things up and bring freedom to his people. This 1981 television adaptation won a CableACE Award.
Director
Rudi Goldman
Producer
Robert R. Thiel
Studio
CBS Productions, Showtime Networks
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →R
Robert Guillaume
Purlie
M
Melba Moore
Lutiebelle
S
Sherman Hemsley
Gitlow
L
Linda Hopkins
Sister Hopkins
R
Rhetta Hughes
Missy
B
Brandon Maggart
Ol' Cap'n
D
Don Scardino
Charlie
C
Clarice Taylor
Idella
B
Brenda Braxton
Ensemble
P
P.L. Brown
Ensemble
S
Suzzanne Douglas
Ensemble
C
Cisco Drayton
Ensemble
P
Pauletta Washington
Ensemble
T
Ted Ross
Ensemble
O
Otis Sallid
Ensemble
J
Jeffery V. Thompson
Ensemble
